Marjolin’s ulcer is an uncommon malignant condition related to non-healing wounds, more often of burn injuries. Our aim is increase the suspicion index of primary care workers about the risk of squamous cell carcinoma in skin chronic ulcers or scar tissue, mainly in extremities. We report a Marjolin’s ulcer associated with traumatic chronic ulcer in the leg of a 73-year-old white female. Histol...

Chronic oedema is a long-term condition as its title suggests. It causes disruption to patients’ lives and can be costly to treat if managed inappropriately. Leg ulcers in patients with chronic oedema occur more frequently than acknowledged by many healthcare professionals. This client group requires a specifi c management plan if the oedema is to be controlled and the ulceration healed. LEG UL...

Actico compression bandage system (Activa Healthcare) completes the prevention and treatment regime of venous leg ulcer management. Actico gives the patient comfort by being a simple two-layer compression bandage system that is also effective and which stays in place because of its cohesive nature. This product focus looks at the impact of venous leg ulcers, the use of compression and focuses o...

An estimated one per cent of the population will have a leg ulcer and prevalence increases markedly with age (Angle and Bergan, 1997). At any one time it is estimated that 100,000 patients have open leg ulcers that require treatment. This treatment is mainly repeat dressings over extended periods of time, carried out by community nurses. This is estimated to cost 600m Pounds each year in the UK...

The aim of this study was to compare five types of compression therapy in venous leg ulcers (intermittent pneumatic vs. stockings vs. multi layer vs. two layer short stretch bandages vs. Unna boots). Primary study endpoints were analysis of changes of the total ulcer surface area, volume and linear dimensions inside observed groups. The secondary end points were comparisons between all groups t...

Venous leg ulcers are an important medical issue due to their high incidence in the elderly and the lack of a standard curative approach. Apart from surgical therapy, different medical treatments to effect ulcer wound repair and regeneration are currently being investigated. Sucralfate is a cytoprotective agent employed to prevent or treat several gastrointestinal diseases such as gastroesophag...

Purpose: Propose a new and alternative surgical procedure in order to aid on treatments of chronic ulcers with non-arterial etiology in the lower limbs, especially those that reoccurs and accomplish of dermatosclerosis and skin contractures determining ankle and foot limits. Methods: It describes a medical case regarding a female, 54 years old, with a pre-existing ulcer (sixteen years) on her l...

This study was undertaken in order to follow up ulcer healing, ulcer recurrence, nutritional status and life-situation in elderly patients with leg ulcers. Of 70 patients assessed previously in 1996, 43 (61%) were still alive in 2000 and, of these, 38 (88%) participated in the follow-up. Rate of healing, recurrence and amputation were obtained from medical records and interviews with the patien...